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Microsoft news recap: Bing Maps lets you build your own travel itineraries, $99/year Xbox Game Pass appears on Microsoft Store, and more
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Published onAugust 5, 2018
published onAugust 5, 2018
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Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read!
Build your own custom travel itineraries with Bing Maps
Bing Maps now lets youbuild out your own travel itineraries. Through conversational actions, you can create a new itinerary and add/remove activities from it. Below are some of the features included:
New $99/year Xbox Games Pass subscription appears on the Microsoft Store
Those of you interested in Xbox Game Pass, it looks as thoughMicrosoft has added a new subscription length, a yearly subscription, at $99/year. No more worrying about monthly payments for Microsoft’s game subscription service. The annual pass provides a small saving compared to if you were to pay monthly.
I am not sure when they did it but Xbox Game Pass can now be purchased for a year at $99.00 instead of the monthly price of $9.99 which equals $119.88 a year. This is a great move by MS and gives subscribers incentive to go with an annual option now.pic.twitter.com/dsYNqqmovC
— Richard Hay (@WinObs)July 31, 2018
Xbox One’s new Sport White Controller is now available to buy
Featuring a custom design and rubberised grip,Microsoft’s new Sport White Controller for the Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs is now available to purchase, offering a spectacular-looking white design.
Microsoft awards grants to expand rural broadband access in five states
This yearswinners of Microsoft’s Airband Grant Fund have been announced. The fund aims to expand rural broadband, this time across five states.New York, West Virginia, California, Maine, and Texas all won funding.
That’s it for this week. We’ll be back next week with more Microsoft news.
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.
Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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